we're driving down to sd, B says he's hot (it's actually cool enough to not have the a/c on) so he opens the window. then he puts his right foot out the window.
Z sees that & says "i can do that too!", so he rolls down his window & puts his little foot out there too.
then B tells him wave at everyone on the freeway, so there waving toes at all the cars on the road with us.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
weekend plan
we're heading down to sd after work today. Uncle M is still in the hospital. doing somewhat better as he is out of ICU but still under constant supervision.
i'm tired, B's super tired but this is something we need to do.
i know we don't have a lot of time.
i'm tired, B's super tired but this is something we need to do.
i know we don't have a lot of time.
i'm here
i'm at work & i have access here - cool!
however, don't have access to a lot of other things - msn looks weird, no pandora, no sirius (what do you mean it's not work related?)
if you're wondering how good it feels to have internet access again - it feels so good i feel dirty!
however, don't have access to a lot of other things - msn looks weird, no pandora, no sirius (what do you mean it's not work related?)
if you're wondering how good it feels to have internet access again - it feels so good i feel dirty!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
access finally
once i finally got my access card & returned to the office...only to find out the bugger didn't work. once again investigations were needed, but it was determined they had asked someone to set up my account May 15, but it hadn't been done yet. so i call the help desk a few times to figure out how can i make someone do something if they've already been asked a few weeks ago but neglected to do it & of course all they can say is "there's nothing we can do" - thanks!
so boss re-submitted his request & she finally called & said she "forgot" to set up my account....for 3 weeks....but she would get right on it.
i got an e-mail this morning that she did her part, then i had to call the help desk back again. that took some effort too, but finally got it done & about 4pm this afternoon it was official.
however, i can't access e-mail/internet from my computer because it's broken & i have to use someone elses!
so boss re-submitted his request & she finally called & said she "forgot" to set up my account....for 3 weeks....but she would get right on it.
i got an e-mail this morning that she did her part, then i had to call the help desk back again. that took some effort too, but finally got it done & about 4pm this afternoon it was official.
however, i can't access e-mail/internet from my computer because it's broken & i have to use someone elses!
graduation ceremony
today was Z's last day of kindergarten (sob!)
they had a little ceremony, but his pre-school graduation was much better which i found rather wierd, but for memory's sake, here it is:
it was outside, the parents sat on a square pad of grass & the kids stood in a line around us forming a U outside the grass, the kids were grouped by class.
the principal said a few words, then they played some music & the kids did their little singing & hand movement thing. Z actually moved his hands some this time around. then they played another song & the kids moved a little. then they played a third song & now the kids were barely singing or moving.
then a FOURTH song (i kid you not) & everyone was silently sceaming in angst, including the kids.
when it finished & we all thought we were finally done, a FIFTH song started (WTH?) & instead of kids singing & doing hand motions & the parents, instead of taking pics & being involved in the moment, everyone was melting.
somewhere along the line the graduation ceremony turned into a church sermon where everyone was begging for mercy, please don't let them play another song!
& finally that was it - AMEN!
the kids were let loose to find there parents & that was the end of it.
yeah, nothing like last year's graduation ceremony....
this is a late add-on that i didn't want to forget:
if you think i forgot to mention, that's not it, no, there weren't any cute little graduation hats or even a little rolled up certificate for graduation - just the 5 painful songs.
they had a little ceremony, but his pre-school graduation was much better which i found rather wierd, but for memory's sake, here it is:
it was outside, the parents sat on a square pad of grass & the kids stood in a line around us forming a U outside the grass, the kids were grouped by class.
the principal said a few words, then they played some music & the kids did their little singing & hand movement thing. Z actually moved his hands some this time around. then they played another song & the kids moved a little. then they played a third song & now the kids were barely singing or moving.
then a FOURTH song (i kid you not) & everyone was silently sceaming in angst, including the kids.
when it finished & we all thought we were finally done, a FIFTH song started (WTH?) & instead of kids singing & doing hand motions & the parents, instead of taking pics & being involved in the moment, everyone was melting.
somewhere along the line the graduation ceremony turned into a church sermon where everyone was begging for mercy, please don't let them play another song!
& finally that was it - AMEN!
the kids were let loose to find there parents & that was the end of it.
yeah, nothing like last year's graduation ceremony....
this is a late add-on that i didn't want to forget:
if you think i forgot to mention, that's not it, no, there weren't any cute little graduation hats or even a little rolled up certificate for graduation - just the 5 painful songs.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
ping pong ball
Tues 7am appt didn't work. i showed up, we tried, but the system said i wasn't a US citizen - am i?
well, does CA still count?
born, raised, been a citizen my entire life....evidently they're rather particular about it, so i was told to return to my h/r office to fix it.
so i went there (on my empty tank of gas). the person who does this stuff is off for the day, the person who is there can't help, the other person who may be able to help won't show up until 8:30 - just go to work.
i got in the car & headed back to the office. now my car, to open the trunk is a true feat; you have to press the button & send mental thoughts "open, open, open" just right, not too fast, not too slow, don't hold the button too long or too short in order to get the damn thing to open.
however, the cursed thing can also accidently be set, how i still don't know, but to make things worse, the 'open trunk' thingie doesn't register until you've driven about 1/2 a mile.
so i leave the office, drive down the road & the buzzer starts going off that the trunk is open. i decide to go get gas & i'll just close it then. i approach the gas station only to find it enclosed in fences as the pumps are being dug up.
that's the only gas station on base, so now i have to wait & the darn open trunk buzzer is going off & i'm sure my car is in the midst of a panic attack & curious if it will just shut off the engine so i'll close the trunk. i made it to work though....then walked off forgeting to close the trunk.....but remembered just as i approached the office door.
when i get there boss says i must have missed that box on the form. how, i'm not sure it only has about 8 questions & i reviewed it probably 3X to be sure everything was correct, but who am i to argue. so i use his computer to retrieve my e-mail to get the website, then try to log in, but alas after a week at the beach my brain has dumped all passwords. that's what a vacation is for right?
so he has to send an e-mail to someone requesting my password & he tells her what's up. she contacts him shortly thereafter & says she reviewed my application (again) & it's fine, i didn't miss anything, she re-submitted it & i should return to the office.
i go back to the office (stop & get gas finally), but still no luck. the system still says i'm not a citizen. so i call the review lady that said it was fine but she says it's good on her end & there's nothing she can do, then i talk to the lady in the office & i know, i saw the pop up saying my citizenship is missing, but she says there's nothing she can do either.
somewhere something is screwed up but nobody can or knows how to fix it. so the lady at the office says review lady needs to call for help. that wasn't an easy phone call as review lady isn't very nice & i'm pissing her off (not even on purpose, but i'm a thorn in her side).
office lady is leaving for lunch so she tells me to either go back to work or take lunch (yeah, it's LUNCH time now) because she'll be away & nothing's going to happen anyways.
back to work once again. again (why can't new boss just call me?) as soon as i walk in the door he tells me i need to take my birth certificate to another office. apparently although EVERYTHING was fine on my application, the system pulled in some info because i'm a military spouse & it's f-ing everything up! luckily i know where my birth cert is so it wasn't a problem. i took it in to the 2nd office, he checked the box, then sent me back to 1st office. it finally worked...i finally got it!
or so i thought....
well, does CA still count?
born, raised, been a citizen my entire life....evidently they're rather particular about it, so i was told to return to my h/r office to fix it.
so i went there (on my empty tank of gas). the person who does this stuff is off for the day, the person who is there can't help, the other person who may be able to help won't show up until 8:30 - just go to work.
i got in the car & headed back to the office. now my car, to open the trunk is a true feat; you have to press the button & send mental thoughts "open, open, open" just right, not too fast, not too slow, don't hold the button too long or too short in order to get the damn thing to open.
however, the cursed thing can also accidently be set, how i still don't know, but to make things worse, the 'open trunk' thingie doesn't register until you've driven about 1/2 a mile.
so i leave the office, drive down the road & the buzzer starts going off that the trunk is open. i decide to go get gas & i'll just close it then. i approach the gas station only to find it enclosed in fences as the pumps are being dug up.
that's the only gas station on base, so now i have to wait & the darn open trunk buzzer is going off & i'm sure my car is in the midst of a panic attack & curious if it will just shut off the engine so i'll close the trunk. i made it to work though....then walked off forgeting to close the trunk.....but remembered just as i approached the office door.
when i get there boss says i must have missed that box on the form. how, i'm not sure it only has about 8 questions & i reviewed it probably 3X to be sure everything was correct, but who am i to argue. so i use his computer to retrieve my e-mail to get the website, then try to log in, but alas after a week at the beach my brain has dumped all passwords. that's what a vacation is for right?
so he has to send an e-mail to someone requesting my password & he tells her what's up. she contacts him shortly thereafter & says she reviewed my application (again) & it's fine, i didn't miss anything, she re-submitted it & i should return to the office.
i go back to the office (stop & get gas finally), but still no luck. the system still says i'm not a citizen. so i call the review lady that said it was fine but she says it's good on her end & there's nothing she can do, then i talk to the lady in the office & i know, i saw the pop up saying my citizenship is missing, but she says there's nothing she can do either.
somewhere something is screwed up but nobody can or knows how to fix it. so the lady at the office says review lady needs to call for help. that wasn't an easy phone call as review lady isn't very nice & i'm pissing her off (not even on purpose, but i'm a thorn in her side).
office lady is leaving for lunch so she tells me to either go back to work or take lunch (yeah, it's LUNCH time now) because she'll be away & nothing's going to happen anyways.
back to work once again. again (why can't new boss just call me?) as soon as i walk in the door he tells me i need to take my birth certificate to another office. apparently although EVERYTHING was fine on my application, the system pulled in some info because i'm a military spouse & it's f-ing everything up! luckily i know where my birth cert is so it wasn't a problem. i took it in to the 2nd office, he checked the box, then sent me back to 1st office. it finally worked...i finally got it!
or so i thought....
Monday, June 2, 2008
starving
for some 'net....
so not only were we at the beach all last week with no wifi, but at new job, i still do not have internet access - the horror, i know. sorry, but i am compulsive about checking my e-mail...for those of you who don't know that. so to sit at the computer for 9 hours a day with NO surfing, NO e-mail, no blog reading, no myspace checking, no shopping, is pure torture.
i believe my privlidges will be granted tomorrow though. YEH! internet & e-mail - whoohoo!
work was ok, edited a 900 pg doc today...2x because fricken adobe 8, no matter how cool it is, is still crap & lost all my edits! bugger!
so not only were we at the beach all last week with no wifi, but at new job, i still do not have internet access - the horror, i know. sorry, but i am compulsive about checking my e-mail...for those of you who don't know that. so to sit at the computer for 9 hours a day with NO surfing, NO e-mail, no blog reading, no myspace checking, no shopping, is pure torture.
i believe my privlidges will be granted tomorrow though. YEH! internet & e-mail - whoohoo!
work was ok, edited a 900 pg doc today...2x because fricken adobe 8, no matter how cool it is, is still crap & lost all my edits! bugger!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
weekend & UM
Fri we got up, packed & headed home. we didn't want to leave, but it's nice to come home & still have the whole weekend to relax & re-coup. not to mention considering the shape we left the house in, i needed the entire weekend to clean it up & do 10 loads of laundry!
i'm not looking forward to Mon; because B has to go into work early & because i have to be at work by 7 - that means i have to get Z up & ready by about 6:40 (he's used to getting up about 7 or 7:10) so he can be bused off to school. our schedules have been so lax lately he's been going to bed at 10:30 some nights! last night i put him to bed close to 9 & he would not shut his eyes for anything. hopefully tonight will be better.
and then there's the big thing.....
Uncle M is in the hospital & the prognosis is not good. i didn't realize it, but it's been 6 months since he's had food; he's been living off a tube where liquids are fed to him & he gets air. the cancer in his throat is spreading, the dr's can't say how long, "days, weeks or months...or possibly a miracle".
i spoke with Aunt O this morning, 48 years they've been married, she was only 16. how hard this must be for her. she said she always thought with her medical conditions, he would be the one to care for her not the other way around.
i didn't make a post about this before because i was hoping if i kept it in, it had less of a chance of getting worse, like writing it down made it real. it's not like my uncle was a father to me; but he & my aunt, they are what formed my ideas of what a husband & wife should be. i would stay with them in the summers when my mom went away to work.
tomorrow they get the results from the CAT scan & really have a better understanding of where he stands. prayers for him. prayers for her.
i'm not looking forward to Mon; because B has to go into work early & because i have to be at work by 7 - that means i have to get Z up & ready by about 6:40 (he's used to getting up about 7 or 7:10) so he can be bused off to school. our schedules have been so lax lately he's been going to bed at 10:30 some nights! last night i put him to bed close to 9 & he would not shut his eyes for anything. hopefully tonight will be better.
and then there's the big thing.....
Uncle M is in the hospital & the prognosis is not good. i didn't realize it, but it's been 6 months since he's had food; he's been living off a tube where liquids are fed to him & he gets air. the cancer in his throat is spreading, the dr's can't say how long, "days, weeks or months...or possibly a miracle".
i spoke with Aunt O this morning, 48 years they've been married, she was only 16. how hard this must be for her. she said she always thought with her medical conditions, he would be the one to care for her not the other way around.
i didn't make a post about this before because i was hoping if i kept it in, it had less of a chance of getting worse, like writing it down made it real. it's not like my uncle was a father to me; but he & my aunt, they are what formed my ideas of what a husband & wife should be. i would stay with them in the summers when my mom went away to work.
tomorrow they get the results from the CAT scan & really have a better understanding of where he stands. prayers for him. prayers for her.
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